When Kitty finished telling all she knew, Natasha took a careful look at the latter. There was nothing fishy about her behavior, no hidden signs of deception or knowledge being concealed.

Natasha had trained herself to notice the slightest hints of dishonesty, but everything about Kitty seemed genuine. She was fairly certain that Kitty didn't know more than she had already explained.

She sighed, obviously frustrated by this affair that seemed like it would take some time before advancing, and said, "Okay, Ms. Katherine, I'm very happy for your cooperation and sorry for the bother."

Kitty felt a little reluctant seeing the latter leave, but there was nothing she could do. Natasha could obviously see the reluctance in her eyes and felt a little weird.

It was almost normal for men to like and lust after her, but it was very different coming from a woman. What's more, she didn't feel lust, but rather that Kitty admired her, which was very strange when it was obviously the first time they had met.

Natasha shook her head to disperse these complicated thoughts. Anyway, she would probably never see Kitty again after today, and dwelling on the encounter wouldn't help.

But even if she thought so, she didn't throw away the business card that Kitty gave her as she usually did but slipped it into her pocket.

When Natasha left and disappeared from her sight, Kitty could only return home. Being alone again, she wanted to continue where she was interrupted before healing the scar on the back of her hand.

After visualizing what she wanted to do, Kitty started using her phasing ability only on her hand. To her surprise, she started seeing some tiny things unlike when she used her ability before injecting the MGH. They were probably the smallest things she had seen in all her two lives combined.

Kitty didn't have time to think about what it could be before her hand started vibrating and becoming blurry, and as if by magic, the scar started fading, like a drawing being erased.

Almost instantly, the back of her hand became like it had never been injured, let alone having a scar.

"So, is this the difference between an Omega and other-level mutants?" she said, half surprised and half expecting it.

If, before awakening the system, she would have had to train all her life to hope to reach this level with her Beta phasing ability after becoming an Omega-level mutant, it was just basic stuff she could do instinctively.

"Anyway, that's good for me. With this pseudo-immortality, as long as I'm not instantly killed, I could heal almost any injury."

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While Kitty was there, spending her time alone planning her future, her manager Daisy, who she had been waiting for, wasn't lazing around.

She was sitting across from a man who was dressed like a gentleman but obviously old enough to be her father. He was saying something to her.

"Ms. Daisy, although I want the role to go to Katherine because it really suits her and, well, with the recent fight accident, her new movie would definitely attract some attention and boost the movie's publicity."

Without him finishing what was on his mind, Daisy had already seen where this discussion was going, and sure enough.

"But," the director continued, "it's not up to me. The investor has already given his requirements. If you can convince him, then great. But if not, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do."

Sure enough, it was exactly as she had expected. In the end, it was still the usual power and sex play in Hollywood.

And there it was, the condition and what he truly wanted. He said smugly, "Of course, if Katherine were to agree to have dinner with me, I'm sure we could work something out."

Daisy just sighed. After three years in the entertainment industry, she already expected this result but had just hoped to give it a try. This was the usual mechanism: exchanging sex for roles. Nothing surprising. But she truly wanted to help Kitty breakthrough in her career and would never allow the latter to walk into this mess, but she didn't know how. This was very frustrating to her.

At her lowest point in life, when she left the orphanage and was just going with the flow without even a guarantee of a meal, it was Kitty who saved her.

The latter gave her a house to live in, a meal to eat, a place to call home, and someone she could finally consider family, unlike the adoptive family who would eventually abandon her in the end.

In order to repay the favor, she started by becoming Kitty's driver, then her agent, and now she is Kitty's manager and sister, and also probably one of the only two people Kitty trusts.

In fact, the director's meaning couldn't be clearer. He was just asking her to tell Kitty that if she slept with the investor, she might win the role.

If not for fear of attracting problems for Kitty, she very much wanted to hit this director for daring to have such impure thoughts towards her.

"Hmph, although I couldn't hit you, I can end you and your investor's careers."

If there was one thing she had always been confident about, it was her ability with computers, especially her hacking skills.

This was something she developed over the years while passing through different adoptive families, wanting to find her real family.

After becoming Kitty's agent, she used this ability many times to end the careers of people who wanted to ruin Kitty, and this director would just be one of her many victims for revenge.

Before starting, she sent a message to Kitty: «Unfortunately, the role has already been won by another actress. Sorry.»

She didn't plan to tell her about the insulting request from the director, as this would only put Kitty in a bad mood, something she didn't want.

«It's okay, don't worry about it. I'm planning to take a break in the next few days and go on vacation. Want to go with me?»

Daisy, who had just returned to the car and finished plugging her laptop into the car's console, saw Kitty's reply and smiled. Of course, she wouldn't miss such an occasion to be with Kitty alone.

After replying and agreeing, she concentrated her attention on the laptop. She didn't need a long time, and in just a few minutes, she had access to the director's email and dug up some dirt.

She had done her homework on him weeks ago, just in case. There was always something shady when it came to people working in this industry, be they men or women, and she would use exactly this as her weapon.

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